Kamala Harris to fundraise in Boston for 2020 White House bid

Posted Feb 19, 2019

AP

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to members of the media at her alma mater, Howard University, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 in Washington, following her announcement earlier in the morning that she will run for president. Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump's nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to "bring our voices together," Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African-American if she succeeds. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, will be in Boston Tuesday to raise money for her 2020 presidential bid -- a move which could woo important financial and other campaign support away from Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s own White House run.

Harris will attend an evening fundraiser at the South End home of Boston philanthropist Georgia Murray and her husband, Mark Maloney, according to The Boston Globe. Those invited to the event have reportedly been asked to donate between $1,000 and $2,800 to Harris’ 2020 campaign.

Murray, who was finance chair for U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s 2018 congressional campaign, told The Globe that she and her husband are happy to support Harris.

“We think she’s terrific and we look forward to her being president of the United States in 2020,” she reportedly said.

Among those expected to turn out for the Boston fundraiser include Martha Coakley, who served as Massachusetts’ attorney general while Harris served as California’s attorney general, The Globe reported.

Carol Fulp, chief executive of The Partnership; Pamela Everhart, a senior vice president at Fidelity Investments; Bennie Wiley, a former head of The Partnership; and Sean Curran, a principal of Waterville Consulting and co-chairman of Deval Partick’s 2010 finance committee, are also expected to take part in the fundraiser, according to the newspaper.

An email for Jennifer Liu, a former finance director for Patrick, Coakley’s gubernatorial campaign and Harris’ Senate campaign, meanwhile, is reportedly listed on the invitation.

Harris will stop in Boston after campaigning in New Hampshire Tuesday.